Clever code is code that makes you ask 'Why didn't I think of that?". Always include enough comments to make the purpose clear to the next guy; the next guy might be you.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <[email protected]> on behalf of Martin Ward <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 12:17 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [External Sender] Re: Apparent Test Under Mask Failure External Message: Use Caution On 17/02/2026 09:06, Abe Kornelis wrote: > The assembler has always given us freedom of expression. > We've used that power in many different ways. > Let's celebrate its power, its flexibility, and its diversity; Debugging code is harder than writing code. So if you are "as clever as you can be" when writing the code, you will not be clever enough to debug it! This kind of "celebration" should be reserved for the Obfuscated C Code Contest https://www.ioccc.org/ -- Martin Dr Martin Ward | Email: [email protected] | http://www.gkc.org.uk/ G.K.Chesterton site: http://www.gkc.org.uk/gkc | Erdos number: 4
